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Re: Plexi Shielding
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Sat, 14 Jul 2001 04:42:12 GMT
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Hello Vancouverites,
I was looking through the canadian sites and ran across your discussion. We
also considered a plastic barrier for our layout, but decided against it
based on cost. We placed our rope barriers 2 feet away from the table, the
barriers were 3 feet tall with two rows of rope, 3 and 9 inches from the
top, (to discourage the really little guys). When we were supervising the
layout there was atleast one person in the opposite corners, we had to keep
going around to push the rope barrier back out, but that was mostly due to
our first and since discarded design. We really had no problems with people
touching the layout. A barrier would have prevented one uncontrolled train
from taking a nosedive into the crowd, but we now label the controllers a
bit better!
We screwed a 2 inch piece of wooden dowel into the middle bottom of the
pails, stuck down with waterproof glue, in order to hold the post for the
rope perfectly vertical. There was a hole in the center of the cover as
well. We also cut the pipes so that there was a female connector just below
the surface of the lid pointing up. That way when we are storing these, the
buckets are stacked on top of each other and the pipes for the ropes are
stacked separately, to save space.
Sorry for butting in, I hope this helps.
Good luck.
Michel Magnan
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> I have some more info regarding the clear shielding we want for the
> layout. Claus, Andrew and I did some contacting of various plastics
> firms, learned a lot, and got quotes on various products.
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> I know this is old news to some of you, but we were strongly advised
> against any of the acrylic products (like Lucite), because of their
> brittleness, breakability, and lack of durability. Also, the fact
> that we're repeatedly putting up and taking down whatever setup we
> come up with, makes the liklihood of breakage at some point quite
> high.
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> A polycarbonate product (like Lexan) was recommended. A 1/8" sheet,
> cut to our specifications, would run us about $150. It is much more
> resistant to impact and breaking.
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> There was one acrylic hybrid product called PETG that kind of combines
> the best of both worlds. Although it's an acrylic, it is much more
> resistant to breakage, and much tougher. A 1/8" sheet of this stuff,
> cut to our specs, would be about $140
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> In all cases, we were advised against using drilled holes to mount the
> stuff. It was recommended that we use some sort of track or wood or
> metal, which would hold the "glass", but not actually be attached to
> it. The track itself would be mounted to the tables. We will also
> probably need to allow for more frequent vertical supports of some
> sort. Perhaps the sheet should be cut into 4 foot segments instead of
> 8 foot ones.
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> Kevin suggested to me that there is always the option of not having
> the shielding, at least for this go around. I see the point. If we
> did that, I think we should put up a rope barrier, even if it's just 1
> foot away from the table. A rope barrier (well, actually the
> supports) would still present some work, but perhaps lower tech work!
>
> Discuss amongst yourselves ...
>
> Robin
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